Monthly Archives: September 2018

They say it takes a village to raise a kid — and while that might be true — it takes only two people to decide HOW that child should be raised. The other day my three-year-old and I are waiting in the check-out line at a grocery store. It just so happened to be one of those days where my ...

John Cheney-Lippold, a University of Michigan digital studies professor, refused to write a letter of recommendation for Abigail Ingber (to study abroad in Israel) due to an academic boycott against Israel. Lippold denied Ingber’s request in an email where he explained the boycott was to support Palestinians. Of course, the university slammed the professor for such a decision, but only ...

Another uncorroborated allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh by a college classmate surfaced over the weekend, alleging the Supreme Court nominee exposed himself at a boozed fueled party over 30-years ago. The latest claim to rock the confirmation process was made by Debbie Ramirez who accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexually harassing her during a Yale University party. Despite the lack of ...

Ali Wong, the mother-comedian-entertainer extraordinaire, once said (and I’m paraphrasing), “My husband and I work REALLY hard to pay someone else to raise our children for us.” Now, if you’re a parent – particularly if you’re in a partnership in which both spouses work – this comment is every bit as hysterical as it is bitingly accurate. That’s because any ...

President Trump visited North Carolina last week, amid the destruction that Hurricane Florence left behind, vowing: “We’re ready… to do whatever we have to do to make this perfect.” The death toll from the prolonged storm that hit the North Carolina coast as a CAT-2 has slowly risen to 37-people. At the height of the storm – with its life-threatening ...

Vaping is a form of smoking that is incredibly popular among teenagers. Vaping is odorless, comes in different flavors, and if that’s not enough, the vaper can be used to do “smoke tricks”. It isn’t too difficult to see why “vaping” is considered so cool to teenagers. The only problem is that it has recently been linked to heart disease ...

Interesting how we as parents continue to trust the media to raise our children. We sit them down in front of the television or give them our phone to keep them busy and allow them to watch shows — which are actually “programming” our kids to accept things we may not agree with. Take Sesame Street, for example. Mark Saltzman ...

Could Maya families in the Yucatan help us raise our children to like helping out and doing chores? For many, the thought sounds too good to be true. But it’s true, Maya children do chores without being asked to do them. In fact, Maya teenagers cook and clean the kitchen without any fuss – and they do so as if ...

Arkansas resident Jimmie Cavin decided to pay a visit to the West Little Rock mall last Thursday to make his feelings known at the local NIKE store. The Arkansas native pulled up with his truck across the parking lot, well away from the front entrance to the Nike store, and quietly sat on the tailgate of his truck while he ...

Former Secretary of State (and Obama crony) John Kerry is at it again meddling and attempting to subvert the president’s Iranian policy. In fact, he is attempting to secretly renegotiate the disastrous Iranian Nuclear Deal — which he and former President Obama patched together without congressional oversight. The duo gave away everything while receiving no concessions in return from Iran, ...